Seven police officers, 4 soldiers die in Niger attacks

Seven Niger police officers and four soldiers were killed on Tuesday in two separate attacks near the countrys borders with Burkina Faso and Libya, the government said Wednesday.
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Tunisia sentences 16 to death over 2016 attacks

A Tunisian court sentenced 16 people to death in the first judgments against jihadists involved in 2016 attacks near the Libyan border that left scores dead, media reported Saturday. A total of 96 people stand accused in the trial relating to the March 2016 events that saw the town of Ben Guerdane become the stage of a bloody battle as members of the Islamic State group's Libya branch staged a series of deadly attacks.
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Eleven years since revolt, Libya transition grinds onEleven years since revolt, Libya transition grinds on

Libyans on Thursday mark 11 years since the revolt that toppled dictator Muammar Gaddafi, but the democracy many hoped for seems as elusive as ever, and many fear a return to conflict. The anniversary comes as the country, for years plagued by divisions between east and west, finds itself with two rival prime ministers based in the capital Tripoli.
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Libyan PM Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah survives assassination attempt unharmed

Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah escaped unharmed when shots hit his car early on Thursday, a source close to him said, calling it a clear assassination attempt, amid intense factional wrangling over control of the government.
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OPEC: Libya Overtakes Nigeria As Africa’s Biggest Oil Producer

Nigeria has lost its Africa’s top oil producer status to Libya as its crude oil production fell further last month amid lingering supply disruptions, according to a new report by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.
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ISWAP Procures Military Uniforms From Libya Ahead Of December Attacks

Ahead of their December attacks, the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) has reportedly ordered military uniforms from Libya, Newspremises has gathered.

One the ISWAP top commander who stated this on Saturday, October 2021, noted that the purchase of the military uniforms have to be done ahead the attacks.
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#iswap ISWAP Procures Military Uniforms From Libya Ahead Of December Attacks

Ahead of their December attacks, the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) has reportedly ordered milita

Italian captain given jail term for returning migrants to Libya

A ship’s captain who handed 101 migrants over to the Libyan coastguard after rescuing them in the Mediterranean Sea has been given a one-year jail term, in the first such case heard by Italy’s courts.
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Libya PM draws crowd for mass wedding and protest against parliament

Several thousand Libyans packed a Tripoli square late on Friday for a state-funded mass wedding celebration that also drew supporters of transitional Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah and protesters against the eastern-based parliament.
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